Vernon Stanley MacLean was given a two-year-less-a-day conditional sentence which allows him to serve his time in the community, on strict conditions, as opposed to a jail cell.

He was among a host of people arrested back in 2011after a sweep of drug dealers in the local area by Cape Breton Regional Police. MacLean was charged after selling the drug on two occasions to an undercover police agent.

During the first nine months of his sentence, MacLean is to observe a 24/7 curfew followed by a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew for the following nine months. The remainder of the sentence does not include a curfew.

There were exemptions granted for the curfew including employment, medical and legal appointments along with counselling.

Other conditions include he abstain from alcohol and is not allowed to possess any drugs unless prescribed him by a physician, he is also not allowed to possess any weapons.

MacLean is to file a DNA sample with the national registry and is banned from possession firearms for 10 years and retracted weapons for life.